Projects
Projects
Last Mankind
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Huh Gun
Produced by: Heo Gyu-beom, Baek Si-won, Kim Dong-min
Country of Production: South Korea
Original Title: 종말의 인간
Genre: Fantasy, Science-fiction
Language: Korean
After air pollution wipes out all life on Earth, bioengineer Dae-seung lives in a bunker with Sina, whom he subjects to brutal experiments to create a human who can survive outside. When a survivor, Taeo, appears and vanishes, Sina discovers she is only an experiment and escapes in search of freedom.
Rock, Paper, Sea
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Randa Ali
Produced by: Cats Films
Country of Production: Egypt
Original Title: Ser Ekhtefaa’ Baba
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Language: Egyptian Arabic
On Egypt’s Mediterranean coast in 2001, Maha, a wildly imaginative 11 year old girl, embarks on a summer-long quest to solve the mystery behind her father’s absence, leading her to face the unspoken complexities of adulthood.
Metalheads vs The Witnesses
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Wicho Rivera, Cabe Tejeda
Produced by: Hiram Chaparro | Ozados Films S.A
Country of Production: Mexico
Original Title: Metaleros vs Testigos de Jehová
Genre: Horror Comedy
Language: Spanish
Four wannabe metalheads travel to a remote desert town to shoot their first music video, only to become the prime suspects in a series of brutal disappearances after unknowingly crossing paths with a dangerous religious cult.
The Veil
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Gabriel Motta
Produced by: Aletéia Selonk | Okna Produções, Fogo Filmes
Country of Production: Brazil
Original Title: O Véu
Genre: Drama, Horror
Language: Portuguese
A religious cult with fake possession rituals spirals into darkness when the pastor’s daughter is truly taken by an entity, forcing her brother to choose between blind faith and a terrifying freedom.
The Coward at Kettle Creek
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Noah Stratton-Twine, Jake Kuhn
Produced by: Right-Off Films
Country of Production: USA
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Language: English
After drunkenly invoking a duel with the most monstrous outlaw in the West, a simpleton turned local hero has ninety minutes to overcome his almost guaranteed execution.
Ting
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Maximilien Dejoie
Produced by: Roberto Cavallini, Wilfried Gufler | Albolina Film, Mattia Puleo | Cinefonie, James Heath | Randan
Country of Production: Italy, UK
Genre: Dark Fantasy
Language: Italian
In war-torn Europe, a young orphan’s grief takes shape as a terrifying creature.
In The Eye of The Wild
Category: Shoot the Book! Selection
Genre: Psychological Drama, Testimonial
Format: Novel
Language: French
Original Title: Croire aux fauves
Company: Gallimard | France
Synopsis:
A story of a hand-to-hand encounter between a bear and an anthropologist in Kamtchatka. The anthropologist gets out partly disfigured but also transfigured: it is a kind of rebirth.
Author: Nastassja Martin
Looking for Bono
Category: Shoot the Book! Selection
Genre: Dark Comedy
Format: Novel
Language: English
Original Title: Looking for Bono
Company: Jacaranda | UK
Synopsis:
One man’s absurd quest to find U2’s Bono spirals into a darkly hilarious takedown of aid culture, personal ambition, and the spin of international goodwill.
Author: Abidemi Sanusi
Sankara
Category: Shoot the Book! Selection
Genre: Historical, Psychological Drama
Format: Novel
Language: English
Original Title: Sankara
Company: Blue Ocean Press | USA
Synopsis:
A young Mongolian man falsely imprisoned to save his brother survives a Soviet labor camp through education and Buddhism, emerging years later as a filmmaker and cultural icon.
Author: Turu Khan
Original Title: Superstars
Company: Flammarion | France
Synopsis:
Immersed in Parisian nights, Louise drifts between desire, music and emotional uncertainty until love unexpectedly strikes, forcing her to confront what she truly wants, and who she really is.
Author: Ann Scott